EU politics
An interview with Steven Forti: Two Catalonias
A lengthy but very informative interview with Steven Forti, Professor of Contemporary History at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Read here
Year: 2018
Austerity
Emma Clancy – Some euros are more equal than others: trade imbalances and debt crises
The Euro has failed Europe’s citizens, resulting in Germany’s financial hegemony. This is the fourth article in a series presenting the report The Future of the Eurozone. Preivous articles in this series are here, here, and […]
Austerity
Lars P. Syll – The causes of secular stagnation and the loanable funds theory
The poor state of the Western economies is our fault. Repeatedly one reads and hears that secular stagnation is the result of a savings glut – we are not spending enough, although priivate debt has […]
Uncategorized
Lucas Chancel Demystifies the Trickle Down Effect Theory
The “Trickle Down Effect Theory” is one of the great neo-liberal scams. It says that the more money the government gives the rich, the more all of us will earn. Why then are we confronted […]
Austerity
Chris Dillow: CONSERVATIVES & AUSTERITY
Austerity is a weapon in class warfare. Chris Dillow ponders “why are Conservatives so supportive of such austerity?” His hypothesis is: Fiscal austerity is needed in order to maintain the “natural” hierarchy in which the […]
Austerity
Frances Coppola: The terrible price of austerity
Was Hitler the product of austerity? In her blog Frances Coppola asks if austerity played an important role in Hitler’s rise to power. She comes to the conclusion that it did and warns: “Learn from […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis: Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Future of Europe
In this interview Yanis Varoufakis discusses Bitcoin’s bubble, the fantasy of apolitical money and the opportunities for the blockchain to reform Europe. Read here
Austerity
Aditya Chakrabortty: Our benefits system has become a racket for cheating the poor
Behind the “News” are people, who are seldom mentioned. When they do appear briefly and rarely, it is mostly in a sanitised and aestheticized version. Aditya Chakrabortty has been trying for years to turn this […]